Street Treats

If someone asks you to go out and eat, where do you want to go? Probably you’ll say at Malls, or Bars, to hang out, maybe an amusement park date would do. But who on this polluted earth would ever think to go on streets? Of course, we Filipinos would likely to do that. We are really fond of eating and filling our empty stomachs with mouth watering foods that we see on the sidewalks.

One thing that can be distinguished to us Filipinos is eating along side-streets. Regardless of the time, space and economic status, from all walks of life, they all meet up at one place eating street foods.

According to Wikipedia, street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a hawker or vendor, often from a portable stall. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, 2.5 billion people eat street food every day.

Banana-cue: deep fried bananas coated in caramelized brown sugar. Banana cue is made from Saba bananas. Price: ranges from eight to ten pesos (varies from one vendor to another)

Siomai: It is a dimsum of Chinese origin which is loved by many Filipinos. Price: 20 pesos for four pieces (sometimes comes with one pc. of rice)

Fish balls, squid balls and chicken balls: Fish balls are made of finely pulverized fish meats. It is usually flat in shape. Squid balls and chicken balls are some of its recent variation. Price: 50 cents (chicken balls: two pesos)

Kikiam: A Filipino version of the Chinese quekiam; made of ground pork and vegetables wrapped in bean curd sheets. It is deep-fried to perfection and served with your choice of sauce. Price: one peso/each

Chicharon: Filipino cracklings made from different parts of the chicken and pig, seasoned, and deep-fried. These include chicken skin (crispy chicken skin), chicharong baboy (cracklings from pork rind), chicharong bituka (crispy, deep-fried chicken and pork intestines), and chicharong bulaklak (cracklings from pork omentum). Price: Varies on how it was served per tingi or in pack.

Day-old Chicks, Balut: This is literally a one-day-old male chicks. They are deep-fried, served with spicy vinegar and eaten whole. Balut is a hard-boiled three-week old duck egg, high in protein, and believed to be aphrodisiac. Price: Day-old Chicks, five pesos; Balut, 13 pesos

Isn’t all that a pleasurable foods to eat? You are missing half of your life when you still don’t have a taste on these should-be eaten street foods here in the crowded sidewalks of the Philippines. Let your tongue be drenched with a different penchant with foods. And after you did, I’ll say with all my taste buds, Kudos to you!

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It’s you again, hehehehe… Please, don’t ever try to do research again from Wikipedia. There lots of reliable sources out there that could give you accurate and precise information. Wikipedia can be use as your last resort for your research. You choice of word like “polluted earth,” it’s not nice to use straight harsh words. Try to maximize yourself in using euphemisms and other figures of speech. Well, your grade is 89. 😀

NO to Wikipedia. You can use other accurate sources, but not that one, however, I like your lead. But I agree to alfrick about your choice of word like “polluted earth”. You could think other descriptive words that are not too negative.

Your lead is good because you were like talking to the readers. You also have a catchy title. Next time, find a more credible source because wikipedia. There are other reliable source like websites of government agencies. Please watch out forthe paragraph distribution. Congrats.

-Look for more credible source beside Wikipedia
-Check proper use of preposition and article.
-Give a hint to your readers if you’ll going to describe each food.
-There is no solid idea. You need to focus more in a particular chip of the topic to expound it.